Are Zimbabwean ‘Minority’ Groups Under Threat In Zimbabwe?

Are Zimbabwean ‘Minority’ Groups Under Threat In Zimbabwe?

    The month of January 2016 has been, for Southern Africa, wretched in terms of people’s fundamental rights often inappropriately referred to as minority rights. A white woman called Penny Sparrow torched a racial veld fire in South Africa by implicitly calling black peoples monkeys. The deluge and flood of venomous attacks that followed her remarks were not only anticipated, but also inevitable in that we black Africans respond with rage, given our collective…

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Harare Council To Demolish ‘Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,& Prospect’ Properties

Harare Council To Demolish ‘Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,& Prospect’ Properties

Harare city council is reportedly spreading its terror as it intends to demolish several houses at Gletwyn, Mt Pleasent Heights, Pomona, Belvedere West, Prospect Mainway subdivision of stands  in the capital.This has been revealed by the Harare Residents Trust. “The Harare City Council intends to demolish houses in Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,Prospect Mainway subdivision of stand number 830 Ashdown Park along Harare Drive,” said the trust which even indicated that  The Herald 19 January 2016…

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2Teenage Girls Represented By Biti Win Con-court Order (For Zimbabwe) Outlawing Marriage Before 18

2Teenage Girls Represented By Biti Win Con-court Order (For Zimbabwe)  Outlawing Marriage Before 18

The Zimbabwe Constitutional Court has outlawed the marriages of children before the age of 18 after some teenagers filed an application fought against the practice through the courts. The teenagers represented by Tendai Biti filed an application seeking an order barring the marriage of children before they attain the age of 18. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda posted on Face Book that the Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has outlawed marriages before one…

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The Epicentre Of Zimbabwe’s Deterioration Strictly Lies In Zanu-PF’s Hegemony.

The Epicentre Of Zimbabwe’s Deterioration Strictly Lies In Zanu-PF’s Hegemony.

On April 18 2016, Zimbabwe will celebrate 36 years of independence.  This will represent 36 years of Zanu-PF’s hegemony over Zimbabwe under the same leader, Robert Mugabe.  In these 36 years, Zimbabweans have watched their lives being emasculated and decapitated by an insensitive regime that has no concern and love for its people. It is a period which in respect of Zimbabwe’s social indicators, have collapsed to deplorable levels only seen in countries that have…

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‘Alarm Over ‘Zika’ Virus, A Devastating New Mosquito-Borne Disease Affecting Pregnant Women’

‘Alarm  Over ‘Zika’ Virus, A  Devastating New Mosquito-Borne Disease Affecting Pregnant Women’

Zika a new mosquito borne disease is causing alarm after research indicated that  pregnant women are highly at risk from exposure to the mosquito that spreads it. Pregnant women are strongly advised to avoid travelling to such areas as Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, French Guiana,  El Salvador, Mexico,   Panama, Honduras, Guatemala,  Martinique, Brazil, Venezuela,Haiti,  and Colombia,which are prone to the mosquito borne virus. This is primarily because scientists have now realised that the Zika virus can cause infected pregnant victims to…

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Freedom Of Expression- ‘Zuma Must Fall!’ Billboard Erected In Capetown, South Africa

Freedom Of Expression- ‘Zuma Must Fall!’ Billboard Erected In Capetown, South Africa

In Africa, not all rights go beyond the paper they are written on but, one can safely argue that, Freedom of expression has reached a new level in South Africa, after a prominent “Zuma Must Fall” billboard was erected in the heart of the city of Cape Town in South Africa on Friday morning. It is yet to be established as to who erected the bill board but an opposition group,  the Democratic Alliance, which constantly demanded…

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‘Political Reform Before Economic Reform?’ The Zimbabwean Situation

‘Political Reform Before Economic Reform?’ The Zimbabwean Situation

Introduction A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banners openly against the city. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears no traitor; he speaks in the accents…

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(Blood , Dollars & Oil)-Secret Pact Of The Seven Sisters Cartel Who Control The World’s Oil

(Blood , Dollars & Oil)-Secret Pact Of The Seven Sisters Cartel Who Control The World’s Oil

A four part series that reveals how a secret pact formed a cartel that controls the world’s oil. On August 28, 1928, in the Scottish highlands, began the secret story of oil. Three men had an appointment at Achnacarry Castle – a Dutchman, an American and an Englishman. The Dutchman was Henry Deterding, a man nicknamed the Napoleon of Oil, having exploited a find in Sumatra. He joined forces with a rich ship owner and…

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4 Burundi Ex-Army Generals Jailed For Life For Their Role In Failed May Coup

4 Burundi Ex-Army Generals Jailed For Life For Their Role In Failed May Coup

  Conflict and strife continue to bedevil the central African state of Burundi with the UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein raising warning flags over the escalation of violence coupled with chilling allegations of security forces behind the gang rape assaults on women, ethnic genocides and mass graves.   At the same time four ex generals have been sentenced to life in prison for their part in the failed, Burundi May coup, whilst…

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Zimbabwe: 10 Years No Hangman, As No One Is Wants The Post

Zimbabwe: 10 Years No Hangman, As No One Is Wants The Post

Ten years since Zimbabwe’s last hangman retired, there has been no one “willing” to fill the post, as locals view the job as “demeaning”, according to a report. The southern Africa country has been struggling to fill the post since 2005, leading inmates on death row to launch an application challenging capital punishment in the constitutional court. Despite the country having an estimated unemployment rate of 85%, it is still difficult to find a suitable…

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